Our Team

Below is the eVision Media team here to help you.

Susan Friesen, President

Founder and President Susan Friesen brings a unique advantage to eVision Media clients by having earned a Bachelor in Business Administration degree with a concentration in Computer Information Systems through the Thompson River's University.

Her eleven years of experience in the Web Development industry has gained her much insight and knowledge in how to create an effectively designed and search engine friendly website. She is a graduate of the Vancouver Film School Multi-Media program and also earned several certificates in technology through the University of Victoria and Athabasca University.

She won the 2003-2004 Governor General's Bronze Academic Award for achieving the highest academic standing in a diploma-level post secondary program.

Susan is a past webmaster for the collectively-owned Hollinger websites such as The Vancouver Sun, The Province, Vancouver Today and others (they are all now under the canada.com umbrella). She currently works with Tourism BC on the North American www.hellobc.com website, as well as the UK and Australian sister sites.

Susan is a member of the Women Designer's Group, a member-based community of women entrepreneurs in web design and development.

Daniel Simmons, SEO Specialist & Bookkeeper

Daniel Simmons is the accountant and SEO Specialist for eVision Media. Daniel has earned a Bachelors degree from San Diego State University in Criminal Justice and Public Administration and well as an Associate degrees from The University of Phoenix in Accounting and Grossmont College in Criminal Law. He has a passion for problem solving... whether it is number crunching or boosting the number of visitors to our client's sites, he's the best man for the job!

Jared Harder, Senior Programmer

Jared is our senior programmer and is studying for his Computer Science degree at the UBC campus. He has been using computers since he was 12 years old, and programming and coding since 16. He is proficient in PHP, Java, JavaScript, XML, HTML and CSS. When not in front of a computer, his interests include music, movies, and hanging out with friends.

Tim Packer, Graphic Designer

Tim is our longest standing Graphic Designer on staff who also carries with him an extensive background in marketing, business and web design. His credentials include a diploma in Graphic Design & Communication as well as a diploma in Web Development through the CDI college.

He is proficiently knowledgeable in most industry standard softwares (Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash) and plenty of development languages including PHP, javascript, actionscript, CSS, XHTML, Ajax and DHTML. His passions include snowboarding, hockey, softball, music, problem solving, experiencing new challenges and learning anything new.

Dilpreet Bawa, Content Specialist

Dilpreet is our eNewsletter expert and also takes care of our client site updates. She is currently enrolled in the CIS (Computer Information Systems degree) at the University of the Fraser Valley. She is proficient in HTML, VB.Net and Java programming. She has great problem solving skills. Her interests are listening to music, spending time with friends and family and writing java programs.

Yan Jiang (Cindy), Content Specialist

Cindy is currently studying in the CIS degree program at UFV. She graduated from College LASALLE in Multimedia Design program and is proficient in HTML and the Adobe software suite of programs. She currently updates client sites, creates desktop publishing layouts and also uses her artistic talents in designing banner ads and Flash pieces. During her spare time she enjoys hanging out, going shopping, and travelling with friends.

Andy Gilson, Programmer

Andy comes to the team working mostly between the hours of 11pm and 1am. He has been building web sites for several years for non-profits, small businesses, and larger companies such as Telus and Seagate. He speaks Spanish and French, and is currently studying hard to add Mandarin. Andy holds a BSc in Chemistry as well as a diploma in Accelerated Computer Systems Management. His most recent programming skills include php, ajax, perl, and vb.net. He enjoys practicing yoga and qi gong with friends, and when not frantically attempting to remote view Friday's Lotto Max numbers, can be found settling in with a cold stout.

Kelsie Lengert, Graphic Designer

Kelsie is an energetic Graphic designer & Illustrator that graduated with a diploma from the IDEA program at Capilano U. Proficient in Indesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator she loves taking on new challenges. When she's not designing she can be found in front of her easel painting with oils, in the kitchen experimenting with new flavours or on the North Shore mountain biking downhill.

JiYoung Kim, Graphic Designer

Jiyoung is another one of our talented graphic designers. She is a graduate from the Vancouver Career College in the Computer Graphic Design program. Her major was Industrial design when she studied at the University in Korea. Because she studied both industrial design and graphic design, she's can create designs in both 2D and 3D as well! When not studying or working, she loves to travel and read.

Contact us today for a no hassle, free estimate and let us show you just how passionate we are about seeing our clients succeed.